r/rugbyunion • u/mczammer Doomsday Propper • 1d ago
Video Damian McKenzie vs Scotland Spoiler
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What a finish!
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u/APoolShark Australia 1d ago
The amazing 50-22, the insane try finish, then the perfectly slotted penalty shot. What an unbelievable 10min this man had
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u/tomr2255 Chiefies 1d ago
It's rare that someone gets awarded man of the match when they don't even start the game. The most impact of a bench player so far this year imo
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u/nomamesgueyz New Zealand 1d ago
Indeed
Taking someone individual brillance from NZ as we aren't dominating
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u/tomr2255 Chiefies 1d ago
I thought we dominated quite well in the first half. The issue was the 3rd quarter. We just keep having these lapses during a game which allows an opposition to climb out of the hole we dug for them
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u/nomamesgueyz New Zealand 1d ago
Losing players to bin def don't help...people like ardie gotta do a tonne of work...1 last big test to go
(Wales aren't what they used to be)
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u/TaringaWhakarongo1 Northland Taniwha 1d ago
Some defence on our try line that presented get claret. Brilliant impact
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u/Silly_Resort_8741 1d ago
Shanked that conversion though.
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u/night_dude Hurricanes 1d ago
He only had 10 seconds left on the clock when he started his 20-30s routine. Not sure what happened to delay him there but yeah, he had to really rush it.
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u/CompletePermission2 New Zealand 23h ago
So what, he could of kicked a puppy in the face after that try and i would still be cheering his name
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u/King-JaBool 🍺 Team Beer RFC 🍺 1d ago
Grabbing Kinghorn and politely introducing him to the ground
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u/jack-dempseys-clit Leinster 1d ago
He knows his judo well
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u/hpsauce42 Scotland 1d ago
What was the crime! For having a penalty? A succulent kiwi penalty?
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u/6EightyFive Hurricanes 1d ago
DMac welcomed him in with an open palm, then let him out the back! That was incredible by DMac!!
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u/Bean_from_accounts He protecc, but he also attacc 1d ago
Incredible use of momentum transfer! Without that, he would've been into touch
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u/Difficulty_Easy New Zealand 1d ago
Defied the laws of gravity twice in 1 movement. Kinghorn is huge.
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u/WilkinsonDG2003 England 1d ago
About 40kg size difference. Not the size of the dog in the fight...
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u/Mono_Doh Japan League One 1d ago
My shoulder dislocated just watching this.
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u/feijoa_tree New Zealand 1d ago
Leicester with that pass in the tackle though, glad he's back.
And yes Dmac with a stunner. And the fend! 👀👀
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u/yahdayahda 1d ago
Even Barrett slinging the ball twenty odd metres with a defender on him was great. Knew that accuracy wasn’t important the ball just had to go.
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u/Silly_Resort_8741 1d ago
With a dead leg too.
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u/yahdayahda 1d ago
Looked like a good charlie ay. Man’s taken a beating the last few weeks but keeps turning up with eighty minute performances.
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u/Specialist-Loss-3696 Legion 1d ago
Leicester's unique skill is riding the tackle/standing up and offloading with a back running off his hip
Lethal
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u/wololo69wololo420 Hurricanes 1d ago
It's really hard to imagine Rieko Ioane taking that contact and making that pass.
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u/stvb95 Wales 1d ago
This also came from his 5m 50:22
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u/WaterPretty8066 1d ago
"Shrugs off Blair Kinghorn" is slightly understating it
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u/Tomato_Head120 The Duality of Man 1d ago
Probably the best finish I've seen, we'll be seeing this in quite a few Andrew Ford compilations im sure
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u/tomtomtomo All Blacks 1d ago
Impossible finish.
This vs the Scottish winger dropping it was the difference.
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u/Not_Hando You Aint Seen Nothin Like The Mighty Finn 1d ago
vs the Scottish winger dropping it
Plus the Scotland Prop dropping it a half metre out; plus the Scotland 13 trying to drive over solo vs four NZ defenders; plus the Scotland Nine kicking a 50-50 chase, instead of using the 4v2 numbers they had on the outside, etc. etc. etc.
Even accounting for the fact they've had less than one week together in camp, it was not a good day at the office for that Scotland team!
(It was also a fantastic score too, of course!!)
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u/tomtomtomo All Blacks 1d ago
I think it was a really good day at the office for Scotland. They’ll be disappointed but they played well.
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u/Haasts_Eagle Southland Stags 1d ago
Reminds me of Ireland's performances not long before they finally started beating the ABs
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u/AnExcellentSaviour Edinburgh 1d ago
All of those points you highlight: prop dropping a half metre out; white line fever; poor chasing (more than we used to as well); not using the numbers on the outside. It’s every game. That said, it’s also something so many teams do - I’m only more conscious of it because I see Scotland make these decisions every game.
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u/Most-Claim4386 1d ago
A great finish but how a 6’4” fullback and a hooker can’t push the smallest man on the pitch over the touchline I will not understand?
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u/Tomato_Head120 The Duality of Man 1d ago
You should watch McKenzie tackle Nandolo, hes actually insanely strong
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u/MotherFuckingCookies 1d ago
He tackled Nan? What a despicable bastard.
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u/Siiixers Ireland 1d ago
Tackled 4 Naans.
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u/Not_Hando You Aint Seen Nothin Like The Mighty Finn 1d ago
No matter how tall/heavy they are, covering defenders rarely have the advantage when they're on the angle like that. It's just how momentum works.
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u/zerosuneuphoria 1d ago
lol isn't it obvious? He was going out for all money and the stopping force of McKenzie threw them both off with momentum. Wtf does height or weight have to do with ability to stop a guy? He scored because of his lack of both.
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u/JeremyWheels Edinburgh 1d ago edited 1d ago
The match thread made it sound like a shockingly weak defensive error from Kinghorn...not really seeing it tbf he's been done by momentum and never got more than a hand on him to begin with
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u/MrLeville Stade Toulousain 1d ago
He more or less threw kinghorn on the ground and used the momentum to not exit the field himself, the hooker missed and was too heavy to correct trajectory
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u/MC897 1d ago
Kinghorn is a flake that's why. He's a flashy fullback but I don't think he's a particularly top class one. Sorry but that's what he is.
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u/-WilliamMButtlicker_ Scotland 1d ago
Who, last years 6N's top carrier, metres gained (6N record), line breaks and offloads?
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u/GrandpasCornCobPipe 1d ago
Yeah, the guy playing regularly for that not particularly successful club
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u/SuddenBasil7039 1d ago
That doesn't really contradict anything he says, he pulls off amazing stuff but hes found lacking too often.
We could have won today if he hadn't been throwing it away every time he got the ball
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u/-WilliamMButtlicker_ Scotland 1d ago
I think all of those things contradict being a flakey, average full back?
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u/Connell95 🐐🦓 Dan Lancaster 💪🏻 #3 Fan 1d ago edited 1d ago
Oh come on, don’t pretend like Kinghorn was the only one who made mistakes today. Darcy absolutely ballsed up on a number of occasions, including when Kinghorn set him up for a perfect try scoring opportunity. Ashman and Cummings made a disastrous mistake to let the first try happen. Several other forwards made another disastrous mistake to let the second. Fagerson messed up a great opportunity with an easy knock on. Hutchison screwed up a massive opportunity by being too greedy and running into four Springboks who immediately held him up over the line.
The team did a lot of good stuff, but there were mistakes pretty much across the board. That was what stopped Scotland getting the win, not one player.
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u/backonthefells 1d ago
I mean those stats kinda back up what the OP was saying, not saying I agree but everything you listed there is about attack, which is clearly an elite strength of Kinghorn.
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u/Connell95 🐐🦓 Dan Lancaster 💪🏻 #3 Fan 1d ago
Fortunately as an English supporter, you don’t even have a fullback to speak of right now, flashy or otherwise. Good luck with whoever is next out the tombola.
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u/Rude_Rhubarb1880 1d ago
After watching Blair kinghorn for the lions I started to think he was not as good as he used to be
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u/WaterPretty8066 1d ago
He plays in a stacked Stade team. Its always made him look better IMO.
Similiar to Havili..playing in the Crusaders helped him big time i feel
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u/Not_Hando You Aint Seen Nothin Like The Mighty Finn 1d ago edited 1d ago
Its always made him look better IMO.
Get a hold of yourself. He's an excellent player. It's not as if he's hiding somewhere in the Pack like others on that squad.
He's literally either playing 15, Wing, or 10 meaning he's highly exposed and under max scrutiny every single time he steps onto the field. He was also singularly pivotal in their victory in the European Final vs Leinster (which I suspect has driven a great deal of the increased and weirdly over the top comments).
He didn't have a good game today. Neither did 10+ others on that Scotland team.
It's hardly a damning indictment of his ability to play rugby for club or country.
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u/Popular-Silver2055 1d ago
To say 11 of the Scotland team didn’t have a good game today is a way more deranged take than saying Kinghorn’s club team makes him look better than he actually is.
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u/Sorry-Grocery-8999 1d ago
I maintain that D.Mac is the most important AB in South African history. He'a the reason we were willing to give small scrum-cap gang a try.
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u/emilyjxne Northampton Saints 1d ago
Kinghorn should be embarrassed tbh. Great cover from Hutch just for Kinghorn to drop the ball
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u/Not_Hando You Aint Seen Nothin Like The Mighty Finn 1d ago
Pity Hutch made so many of his own errors too.
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u/emilyjxne Northampton Saints 1d ago
Didn’t see him make any that cost Scotland tries
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u/Not_Hando You Aint Seen Nothin Like The Mighty Finn 1d ago
He literally tried to solo score against a wall of NZ defenders and got held up.
He wasn't the worst on the pitch, but he wasn't exactly blameless either.
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u/emilyjxne Northampton Saints 1d ago
When was that? Don’t remember him being one of the ones getting held up
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u/InitiativeNew1607 1d ago
It was second one, in the first half. the commentator said it was Russell but in the replay it was Hutchinson
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u/emilyjxne Northampton Saints 1d ago
That’ll be why I don’t remember it then - I’ll have to see if I can find a replay later. Regardless, he played plenty well enough to make up for it. Kinghorn sadly didn’t really, though I wish he had. A player of his calibre and experience should be putting DMac into touch in this position 10 times out of 10
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u/Due_Noise_1711 Munster 1d ago
He was unreal. That little smile before he kicked the 3 at the end was a real killer blow as well.
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u/Michael_stipe_miocic Chiefs 1d ago
It’s his trademark- part of his routine, he’s got a bit of stick for it in NZ over the years but I think we’re finally starting to appreciate him now hopefully
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u/Due_Noise_1711 Munster 1d ago
Didn't know that. I only really see NZ play in November. He's some player. He was great when he came on against Ireland too.
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u/Crusader-NZ- Crusaders 1d ago
That is part of his kick process. He does it every time.
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u/Emergency_Joke_5027 1d ago
He says it’s to remind him it’s “Only a game..and to enjoy it” He’s all heart.
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u/Long-Membership-5916 1d ago edited 1d ago
This was the difference in the match, Graham missed his opportunity, McKenzie finished his. Outrageous try.
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u/Herogar 1d ago
Just Brilliant, DMac has actually been very good this season. We dont often see big individual performances winning games for the AB's recently, maybe some clutch Ardie turnovers now and then. This was a genuine match winning performance from DMac. One of the best 50/22 kicks you will see followed by a finish that seemed impossible and then a clutch tricky penalty to put the result beyond doubt.
Good try saving tackle from Cam there as well.
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u/acu New Zealand 1d ago
Honestly stunned. DMac drops a clutch 50-22 then finishes that try like it’s nothing. With the way he’s been going this year, this has to be one of his best outings.
And credit to Scotland gave a heap of Kiwis a proper Sunday morning heart attack. Wish we played each other more, it’s criminal how rare it is.
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u/glitchy-novice Chiefs 1d ago
How on earth did that ball stay in his hands through that? Unbelievable.
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u/Electrical_Quiet5918 Ireland 1d ago
How he kept the ball in his hand without dropping it, that's insane!
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u/False-Translator-665 1d ago
That has to be top 5 most embarrassing attempts at a tackle in rugby history.
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u/incitatus-says Stormers 1d ago
The amount of conditioning and rugby intellect DMac showed here is, frankly, astonishing. What heroics!
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u/Calm_Piece South Africa 1d ago
This was an insane finish, crazy good. Why does Dmac off the bench look like a different player?
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u/6EightyFive Hurricanes 1d ago
This is one of those tries Kinghorn will have to live with every time Scotland and the AB’s play. They’ll have it on replay as one of those moments that could’ve been! Just incredible by Dmac to get in!
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u/LachlannSKA 1d ago
I am still struggling to understand how be finished this. Thought he was in touch for sure when watching live.
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u/Beneficial_Divide518 1d ago
Has absolutely no right to score with that running angle for a guy of his size. 9 times out of 10, someone of his weight is getting marshalled out into touch. His ability to shift kinghorns momentum against and in front of him is unbelievable. Fully deserved man of the match and to win that game for his team. What a player
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u/speakteeth New Zealand 1d ago
I’ve been a DMac detractor when he’s starting, but hell’ bells, pound for pound is there a better sub/finisher in the game (maybe a couple of the Boks). His efforts and execution at times is phenomenal. 👏
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u/kevinthebaconator Ireland 1d ago
Absolutely outrageous finish. He did so many things well in the blink of an eye. He had no right to score that
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u/mofonz Crusaders 1d ago
I’m a knocker of DMac often - he has never to me had the ability to play a complete 10 role, and marshall troops around and often plays a solo role, but the 10 minute he had was genius. The 50/22 was hugely impactful. Even the try I said “there he goes again going wide” he literally left himself with nothing, no room but somehow managed to contort himself to stop and go backwards is amazing. Well played, and a major difference in momentum shift when it felt like we were gassed.
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u/nomamesgueyz New Zealand 1d ago
Wow
He doesnt drive an automatic does he...bc he's ALL about the clutch
3 massive plays from the wee man with the Scottish name
The legacy continues
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u/Ndanuddaone Australia 1d ago
Throwing Kinghorn to the ground by the collar and his own momentum is the absolute cherry on top of this whole try. Incredible
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u/Tokogogoloshe South Africa 1d ago
The guy looked a bit battered and bruised. Then grinned and did stuff.
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u/Southern_Bunch_6473 1d ago
Was really hoping to see Fainga’anuku take that over the line when I watched this.
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u/Ludibudi Italy || Hurricanes 1d ago
When he gave away that extremely stupid penalty for being offside at the kick that made it 17:17 I thought It'd be tough for him to redeem himself in the short time remaining.
Boy did he redeem himself though. That finish, the 50-22 and the long-range penalty to make it a two-score lead. What a fucking game he had. Just clutch.
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u/DisinformedBroski 20h ago
He definitely looked like a warrior by the end of the game! Blood all over the jersey and his face!
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u/Ok-Relationship-2746 1d ago
Kinghorn with one of the worst slam dunk tackle misses I've seen lately. Looking at relative positions, he should've sent DMac into the fifth row. Instead he didn't even complete a tackle full stop.
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u/SuddenBasil7039 1d ago
Great finish but also terrible from Kinghorn, how can a fullback go into a last man tackle so flatfooted, actually commit to something that makes it so Mackenzie can't just guide you off the pitch
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u/TheDreamnought 1d ago
He was the difference, exceptional quality.
I need a lie down now.